Tuesday morning top stories: Lubbock city council begins budget hearings

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On Daybreak Today,

City begins budget hearings

• The Lubbock City Council is working on next year’s fiscal budget
• The city is considering lowering the property tax rate by four cents because higher property values and city growth will provide an extra $4.7 million in tax revenue for the city
• Read more here: City of Lubbock proposes lower property tax rate as building permits top $1.7 billion

Drone strike kills Al-Qaeda leader Ayeman Al-Zawahiri

• U.S. intelligence tracked him down to a home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan
• Al-Zawahiri and Osama Bin Laden planned the September 11 attacks on the U.S. in 2001
• More here: Biden: Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought ‘justice’

Kentucky flooding death toll rises to 37

• More than 300 people have been displaced by flooding
• Kentucky’s governor says hundreds remain unaccounted for
• WATCH: Video shows flood rescue in Kentucky

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